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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists Featured Classic Military Artists  Richard Caton Woodville |
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| Richard Caton Woodville |
WOODVILLE, Richard Caton Born London 1856; died there 1927. Woodville was the most prolific battle artist of the nineteenth and early twentieth century in Britain, producing countless oil paintings and drawings, many for the Illustrated London News. As was the case with several history painters of the Victorian period, he studied at Dusseldorf sometime with Wilhelm Camphausen, the great German military painter, and later in Paris. He experienced was first-hand in Albania and Montenegro towards the end of the Russo-Turkish War in 1877, and later in Egypt during the war of 1882. During the latter conflict, he made numerous sketches and obtained photographs of the trenches at Tel-e-Kebir for his friend, the French military artist, Alphonse de Neuville (q.v.) who had been commissioned to paint a scene of the battle. The fruits of both their labours were shown at the Fine Art Society in 1883, Woodville, exhibiting The Moonlight Charge at Kassassin. In 1884, Woodville exhibited by Royal Command, another picture relating to the Egyptian War. The Guards at Tel-e-Kebir (Royal Collection). His first Royal Academy picture exhibited in 1879, was entitled Before Leuthen, Dec. 3rd, 1757. Thereafter, he was a frequent exhibitor at Burlington House, showing no less than 21 battle pictures, many dealing with contemporary events such as the Second Afghan War, Candahar (Private collection) and Maiwand; saving the Guns (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), the Zulu War - Prince Louis Napoleon in Zululand, and the Boer War - Lindley; Whitsunday 1900 (Oxfordshire Light Infantry Association), and Dawn of Majuba (Canadian Military Institute). He painted many historical recreations both in oil and water-colour including a series on famous British battles for the Illustrated London News. He depicted The Charge of the Light Brigade (Royal Collection, Madrid) and The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), Blenheim, Badajos and several Waterloo pictures. During the Great War, he turned his talents to depicting the current events, three of which were exhibited at the Royal Academy. The 2nd Batt. Manchester Regiment taking six guns at dawn near St. Quentin (The Rings Regiment), Entry of the 5th Lancers into Mons (16th/5th Royal Lancers), and Halloween, 1914: Stand of the London Scottish on Messines Ridge (London Scottish Museum Trust) exhibited in the year of his death. During his life, he was the most popular artist of the genre and he was the subject of several articles in magazines and journals. He himself wrote some memoirs in 1914 entitled Random Recollections. He was deeply interested in the army and joined the Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1879, staying with them until 1914 when he joined the National Reserve as a Captain. |
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Ramsays Battery of Horse Artillery at the Battle of Fuentos Onoro, May 5th 1811 by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
Up Guards and at Them by Richard Caton Woodville. Wellington orders the Grenadier Guards to advance during the closing stages of the Battle of Waterloo. |
The Last Shot at Colenso by Richard Caton Woodville Lt Roberts K.R.R. with Captain Schofield and Congreve, with all their ammunition used, they drew upon the emergency rounds of Case (their last shot) They stood to attention beside the gun and in an instant later fell pierced through by Boer Bullets. Lt Roberts earned his VC. |
The Highland Light Infantry by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
Sebastopol by Richard Caton Woodville. Royal Navy guns taken from their ships and used at Sebastopol. By mid-October 1854, the Allies had some 120 guns ready to use against Sevastopol while the defending Russians had over 300 guns to defend against attacking infantry. The Russians opened the artillery barrage on the 17th of October 1854 and destroyed the French magazine, which put their guns out of action. But the British guns began to fire and quickly blew the magazines in the Malakoff redoubt, killing Admiral Kornilov, and silencing most of the Russian guns, weakening the Sebastopol defences and providing an excellent chance for a British and French assault on the City of Sebastopol, which was not taken. |
Fitz-Stephen Burns His Boats, 1169 by Richard Caton Woodville. (B) In Response to King Dermots solicitations, Strongbow sent Fitz-Stephen to Ireland with an advance guard while he completed his own preparations. The Normans landed near Wexford, were joined by Dermot and marched with him to storm the city. Being at first severely repulsed, Fitz-Stephen determined to leave himself no retreat, led his men to the shore, where they set fire to their transports. Upon their return the garrison displayed a flag of truce and Wexford was surrendered without further bloodshed. |
The " Die Hards " (57th Foot) at Albuera by Richard Caton Woodville No text for this item |
Charge of the Life Guards by Richard Caton Woodville 1st Life Guards charge against the 12th regiment of Cuirassiers during the battle of waterloo. |
My Brave Irish by Richard Caton Woodville The last charge on Pieters Hill, 27th February 1900 by the 2nd Irish Fusiliers, assisted by the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers. |
The Charge of the Light Brigade by Richard Caton Woodville. The all time classic image of the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade which included the 17th lancers, who lead the charge. |
Prince Alberts Somerset Light Infantry by Richard Caton Woodville No text for this item |
Charge of the 9th Lancers by Richard Caton Woodville. Depicts the charge of a squadron of the 9th Lancers against the Prussian Dragoons of the Guard at Moncel on the 7th September 1914. This was Cavalry action in the First World War when cavalry charged with both sides at full gallop. The 9th Lancers casualties were 3 killed and 7 wounded compared to heavy losses suffered by the Prussian Dragoons. |
Lord Roberts Entry into Pretoria by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
Royal Engineer by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
The Black Watch by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
The Cameronians by Richard Caton Woodville No text for this item |
All that was Left of Them by Richard Caton Woodville. The Light Brigade had 195 mounted survivors, leaving 113 dead and 134 wounded with 231 unhorsed men. After the charge of the Light Brigade, the Roll is shown being carried out. |
The Manchester Regiment by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
The Zulu War, Battle of Ulundi, The Final Rush of the Zulus Against the British Squares by Richard Caton Woodville. The marks shown on image are due to the item being rolled and certainly most will disappear when framed. A superb Zulu War piece, an attractive addition to any collection. |
Saving the Guns at the Battle of Maiwand by Richard Caton Woodville. (P) No text for this item |
We tried hard to save the rest of the guns, possibly by Richard Caton Woodville Plates from Valour and Victory by F Shaw & Co, published 1902. |
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